c1250-c1500: The Middle Ages (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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When did the Black Death arrive in England?
When did the Black Death arrive in England?
1348
Proportion of England's population killed
Proportion of England's population killed
Approximately one-third
What disease was the Black Death?
What disease was the Black Death?
Bubonic plague
How plague transmitted to humans
How plague transmitted to humans
Infected fleas on black rats bit them
How plague spread between ports
How plague spread between ports
Trading ships carried infected rats
Medieval religious explanation for plague
Medieval religious explanation for plague
Divine punishment for humanity's sins
Planets blamed for the plague
Planets blamed for the plague
Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
Miasma theory explanation
Miasma theory explanation
Bad air from rotting waste caused disease
Medical theory medieval physicians used
Medical theory medieval physicians used
Four Humours theory
Most distinctive Black Death symptom
Most distinctive Black Death symptom
Buboes (painful swellings of lymph glands)
Other key symptoms of Black Death
Other key symptoms of Black Death
Fever, chills, headaches, vomiting, diarrhoea
Religious treatments attempted
Religious treatments attempted
Praying and carrying lucky charms/relics
Surgical treatment physicians tried
Surgical treatment physicians tried
Cutting open buboes to drain pus
Why medieval treatments failed
Why medieval treatments failed
No antibiotics/understanding of bacterial infections